VIPE 2010 - St Prime, Québec
Information
Location Weather (Forecast) Aftermath Launch Log
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Affiliated Club: |
Club québecois de fuséonautique |
Date: |
2010/07/3 - 2010/07/4 *CIRN uses the computer date format YYYY/MM/DD
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Status:
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Completed
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Launch event near Lac St Jean. 2010 was the first edition of this launch weekend.
Weather status & forecast updates
Fair conditions with very short rainy periods.
Weather was rather random.... [ More Weather Info]
Location information & directions
5 hour drive from Montreal.
Beware the electric gate :-)... [ More Location Info]
Post-event description
The weekend was good, but could have been better. Given the weather's randomness we were not able to go anywhere near our planned ceiling of 12500ft.
Still, we managed many, many flights. The site ... [ More Post-Event Info]
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Weather status & forecast updates
Fair conditions with very short rainy periods.
Weather was rather random. |
Post-event description
The weekend was good, but could have been better. Given the weather's randomness we were not able to go anywhere near our planned ceiling of 12500ft.
Still, we managed many, many flights. The site proved excellent for recovery. It seems no one lost an aircraft. |
Web links, pictures, documents & more
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Location information & directions
5 hour drive from Montreal.
Beware the electric gate :-) |
Launch log
Seq #. Flight ID |
Rocket |
Owner |
Date |
Alt. |
Motor |
HPR |
Recovery |
Status |
Cert. |
Notes |
1 .
FL-404
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Mojo (C-2241)
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Yves |
07/03
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54mm J285 800-J285-9s
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X |
Dome chute 72.00in
Tumble (no device)
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Successful |
L3 |
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2 .
FL-40D
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Falkor (C-224A)
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Chris
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07/03
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1600.00ft Estimated |
38mm Ces 150-G50-6s
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Dome chute 12.00in
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Successful |
-- |
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3 .
FL-422
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Evasive Action CB (C-2254)
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Chris
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07/04
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1000.00ft Estimated |
38mm Cesaroni 765-J330-9s
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X |
Dome chute 36.00in
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Fail (Disintegrated) |
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Level 3 certification attempt. CB was serving as back-up to AMF that day, since I had not installed the required electronics on AMF. The rocket disintegrated 1.8 seconds into the flight. Rocket can no longer be flown. |
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4 .
FL-483
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BB II-3.9 (C-2271)
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André
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07/03
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54mm CTI 1043-J380
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X |
Special chute (ie: X-Shape, special vents, etc) 39.37in
Dome chute 82.68in
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Successful |
-- |
Premier vol |
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5 .
FL-485
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Mira (C-2270)
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André
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07/03
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2463.91ft Altimeter |
38mm CTI 684-J290
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X |
Special chute (ie: X-Shape, special vents, etc) 39.37in
Dome chute 82.68in
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Successful |
-- |
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6 .
FL-40E
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Falkor (C-224A)
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Chris
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07/04
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3000.00ft Estimated |
38mm Ces 261-H120-8s
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X |
Dome chute 12.00in
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Successful |
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7 .
FL-444
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Black Brant X (C-2261)
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Dominic
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07/04
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4150.00ft Altimeter |
54mm J-295 1195-J295-11s
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X |
Dome chute 12.00in
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Fail (Other) |
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Séparation de la Queue |
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